GenX Digital

I wouldn’t ordinarily pimp out a specific manufacturer, but in this case - it just may be warranted. I downloaded a beta copy of Windows Vista to play with in 21 minutes. Now that may not seem remarkable, but this was a DVD installation - 3.1 GB of data. In 21 minutes!! That means I was getting about 21 megabits per second of download throughput. Modems are about 50 kilobits per second, DSL somewhere around 500, cable can get to an acceptable 2 megabits but having 21 megabits download speed at your home is just plain insane. It’s the equivalent of 14 T1 lines into the home, and is approaching T3 speeds… To those of you who don’t know - you could run a 10-15 person office off 1 T1, and having a T3 to an office of maybe 500 people is close to saturation.

Anyone want to move into my basement and pay rent for a 200 person company?!

By the way - the chart below shows the relative speeds if you’re more visually inclined. Pretty easy to see the difference…